Mark Goldstrom stood on the sprawling concrete tarmac at Nellis Air Force Base surrounded by memories during the Aviation Nation air show Sunday. It all brought him back to the 20 years he spent as a crew chief fixing planes for the Air Force.

When Principal Kori Deal stepped foot in Lomie Heard Elementary School for the first time earlier this year, she quickly found out it was unlike any other school she had worked in during her 21-year career with the Clark County School District. "Having to drive through the (armed security) gate, that was different," Deal said, laughing. "But other than that, we're a typical CCSD school. We just happen to be on a military base."

It’s almost 7 p.m. on a scorching late-August Monday, and a line of homeless men and women stretches two blocks along G Street. Some in line are rail thin, covered in the grime of life on the street, others push strollers with their children in them, and others are in wheelchairs. They’ve ended up here because of unforeseen illnesses, past mistakes or a combination of both. All are in need of nourishment and a helping hand.

A Republican tour warning of impending military cuts is hitting another presidential battleground state, Nevada. Three members of the Senate Armed Services Committee plan to hold a town hall in North Las Vegas to discuss the impact of the cuts.

Connor Fields leaned on a wooden fence beam at Boulder City BMX, armed with a Sharpie and two 24-packs of Monster Energy Drink. A flock of kids straddling BMX bikes surrounded him. For nearly an hour on a sweltering 90-degree day, he scribbled his initials – a C and backward F the way his dad does it –and Team USA onto cans, BMX jerseys, bike seats and anything else thrust at him. Kids ranging from 4 to 14 years old shout his name and fight for his attention. They don’t need to though.

Technology: Nellis AFB school aimed at taking the high ground on cyber battlefields

By Dave Toplikar

As the Air Force faces up to the threat of attacks on computer networks and communications, it has developed a new cyber war school at Nellis Air Force Base designed to fight guerrilla tactics of cyber-terrorists.

Gov. Brian Sandoval was clearly impressed with what he saw of Southern Nevada’s potential as a key location for the development of drone aircraft systems when he visited Rancho High School and Embry Riddle Aeronautical University less than two weeks ago.

The call did not sound good: man barricaded inside residence, possibly suicidal. Nellis Air Force Base leaders mobilized. They knew the airman recently had returned from a war zone and other obstacles loomed in his life.

Acting on his vision of Southern Nevada becoming the Silicon Valley of the civilian unmanned aircraft industry, Gov. Brian Sandoval paid a visit Thursday to students who are learning aeronautics and could help the state reach that goal.

Workers who set up big trade show and convention floors are often under intense deadline pressure to deliver an environment for events that draw millions of people to Las Vegas to conduct business. So Global Experience Specialists, one of Southern Nevada’s leading convention supply and service companies, is drawing from a pool of workers who have a reputation for not cracking under pressure — military veterans.